Reissue and amend, if necessary, the Virginia Pollution Abatement Regulation and General Permit for Poultry Waste Management

General Information

Action Summary

The intent of this action is to reissue and amend, if necessary, the existing Virginia Pollution Abatement (VPA) Regulation and General Permit for Poultry Waste Management in order to continue the general permit coverage of nearly 1000 confined poultry feeding operations. The current VPA general permit expires on November 30, 2020. The VPA Regulation and General Permit for Poultry Waste Management governs the management of poultry feeding operations which confine 200 or more animal units (20,000 chickens or 11,000 turkeys) and establishes the utilization, storage, tracking and accounting requirements related to poultry waste.

Chapters Affected

Only affects this chapter.

Exempt from APA

Yes, this chapter of the VA Administrative Code is exempt from the Administrative Process Act.
The normal executive branch review process is not required.

RIS Project

Yes [005666]

Note

This action is intended to satisfy the requirement that an entire regulation be reviewed every 4 years.